Climate averages 1991–2020
Kırıkkale weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kırıkkale: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ankara (56 km away). In December its highs average 7.3°C, about as warm as Kırıkkale, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kırıkkale ranks joint 98th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 14th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Kırıkkale is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kırıkkale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 45 | 8.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 8.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 37 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 40 | 8.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 39 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 29 | 6.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 14.715 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 6.3 | 1.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 10 | 2.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 22 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 37 | 5.6 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 7.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 48 | 8.2 | 9.49 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Ankara in DecemberTurkey · 56 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Gölbaşı in DecemberTurkey · 60 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Çankırı in DecemberTurkey · 84 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Kırşehir in DecemberTurkey · 96 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Yozgat in DecemberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Polatlı in DecemberTurkey · 121 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Çorum in DecemberTurkey · 146 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Karabük in DecemberTurkey · 168 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 79 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kırıkkale) is explained once on the Kırıkkale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.